Looking for a Few Virtual Training Partners v2.0 (Page 2)

I'm finally feeling extremely motivated again and just started looking at all the races I want to do next year and would love to join the group if you'll have me

About me:  My name is Emma.  I did my first (and only so far) tri last year.  It was a sprint and I loved it!  This year's been rough training wise for me.  I let it all take a back seat to school and moving and working.  I just graduated college in May and started working in July and then moved in with my fiance in August.  With all those major life changes, I havent been training like I want to and work caused me to be really unmotivated.  Today I ran and did some strength training and I feel amazing so I want to really get back into it.  I already have 3 triathlons picked out for next year, and a couple 5ks and 10ks.  I know it will be tough but I havent been this motivated since I was training for my first tri so I feel like I can definitely get back into training.  Right now I need to work on building my base for all three sports and will probably get into a training plan early next year.  I am looking for a longer distance tri (oly or HIM) and a half marathon for next year.  I'm also working on changing my diet, nothing drastic just making sure I get my fruits and veggies in and not too much junk.  I'd like to lose about 20 lbs to get down to my pre-college weight.  Well I think that's all about me for now

heading out for an easy 2-3 mile run.  I have a HM on saturday, so this is a taper run.  It's about 45* here - which is really cold for Orlando, so I may actually put on a pair of light tights!

hope everyone has a good training day.

Ann-Marie

Yay, the group is growing! Hiii, guys!

Tonight I did a run and bike. 3 miles on the T-mill, and then 7.8 (30 mins) on the bike that goes nowhere.  So tired today. Body is looking forward to it's usual Friday rest day.

Good luck in your HM!

I will be in Orlando in early January for a couple races, hope the weather is nice then.

Snowy 10 mile run this morning. Had to slow my pace a little, how the roads are clear for Saturdays long run.

Look at all of us!!!

I did my Thursday am road specific spin class this morning.  Surges and seated climbs.  26 miles in 70 minutes.  Yikes!  Our instructor says she wants us to feel like we are going to puke at the end of every class - I'm 2 for 2 (wanting to - not actually!)

Trying out the nutrition tracker here so I can compare it to my weight watchers one.  I think maybe I'm relying too heavily on fruit and those calories are stalling my weight loss.

I will try and help as much as I can.

Looks like your marathon training plan is going good, I see you are getting some nice long runs in.

I have an 18 mile planned for Saturday, should be able to get it in before more snow comes in Saturday afternoon.

D001 - 2011-11-29 7:43 PM

Girl Passing on Left - 2011-11-29 9:57 PM

I am in~ I am a 50+ year old mother wife...I was a smoker and weighed over 200 lbs. I quit smoking and have participated in triathlons both sprint and olympic ~ I have run half marathons and was able to get my weight down to the low 160s. I lost both my parents to cancer last year and was put in a funk of no exercise and lots of bad food~ I have gained half of my weight back and decided enough is enough~ and so I had to find a race to do to get inspirece again ~ was able to get into the Vineman HIM. 

I am a past mountain bike racer and feel the run is totally doable ~ its swimming I will need you guys to help me with. I am not a strong swimmer and it is hard for me to motivate to swim at the outdoor pool in the winter...

are we going to use this thread or get Dee to make us a new one???

You've all been putting your bio's here. Why would you want a new thread? Oh that's right, you want to increase your post count. I've never had issues with my post count. Wonder why that is.... I do think it would be kinda cool if you had a table for your blogs though. That way, you could all just click the links for one another.

post padding??? mwaaah? lil ole me?

do you ever rest Dee? or would that be BT God? no sneaking nothing past you!

I’m game

My name is Jeff Schulte, and I am 28 years old. Three and a half years ago my oldest son was born and I decided it was time to start taking care of myself.  I started at 220 pounds and I am now down to 180 and have been stuck for a while. 

So far I have done one half marathon, one full marathon, one oly tri, and two half irons.

Since my wife and I now have a third child on the way I am not sure how much racing I am going to get in this summer.

So my goals for this year is to get down to racing weight (160), gain some speed, and maintain a good base by getting in 500 running miles and 2000 miles on the bike. (And tri to fit in some swimming)

I love this idea and the more advice I can get the better!

my sister is in a running group where she lives. they run 5 mins walk 1 min for all their runs/races ~ she has done half marathons and marathons and kicks butt doing it this way ~ she swears by it!! she definitely kicks my a$$ running and she is 7 years my elder.

my plan for HOPEFULLY losing weight is to stay away from the food tables at all the holiday parties, drink less more with less calories! and to spin into the new year! maybe throw in a swim or two and dance the night away on New Years at Bill Graham Civic Ctr this New Years~ this will be my 30th wedding anniversary! not to age myself or anything!!!!

they have lap counters ~ very cheap to purchase ~ but then you have to remember ~ did I click for this lap???

I will DEFINITELY need for you to share some of that "SWIM" love stuff~ I loved to hang out in the pool as a kid...but I am having some REAL issues getting to the pool and then going back! I only have an outdoor pool that I have been swimming at and the thought of getting in of a warm bed to go to a cold pool makes me just crawl deeper under my covers! haha I went to a masters class last year and thought I was going to die! and I was in the rookies lane! so you see, I need MUCH help here!!!!

I am no fish, but i do like to swim - however slowly that may be.  THe "love" portion of my comment is really that being able to swim in the ocean in December v. swimming in the pool is really neat   If the outdoor pool I swim in for my masters class wasn't heated there is no way I'd get out of bed on a cold morning either.  Props to you if you manage that even once!

Good Luck on Saturday!

Finished a 6 mile run today (56:39), Felt great.  First time in 3 weeks my legs agreed to run at a decent pace!  I increased rate through each mile and if I would not have ran out of time I may have gone another few, probably decreasing the rate though

Mile 1: 12:10 avg bpm 121
Mile 2: 9:39 avg bpm 143
Mile 3: 9:07 avg bpm 151
Mile 4: 8:51 avg bpm 158
Mile 5: 8:53 avg bpm 167
Mile 6: 7:56 avg bpm 173